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MFB: March 1972




Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1972
Vol. 39 No. 458




The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha
Goopy Gyne Bagha Gyne
গুপী গাইন বাঘা বাইন
India - 1968 - 132m - bw and col
Contemporary (U)
D: Satyajit Ray

Anticlimax
Mexico - 1970 - 90m - bw
The Other Cinema
D: Gelsen Gas

Bad Man's River
El hombre de Río Malo
Spain/Italy/France - 1971 - 90m - col / scope
Scotia-Barber (A) (cut)
D: Eugenio Martín [as: Gene Martin]

The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
Bokhandlaren som slutade bada
Sweden - 1968 - 99m - col
Peter Darville Associates (X)
D: Jarl Kulle

The Boy Friend
UK - 1971 - 125m - col / scope
MGM-EMI (U)
D: Ken Russell
35mm and 70mm release prints.

Brutes
The Black Klansman
USA - 1966 - 88m - col
Antony Balch (X)
D: Ted V. Mikels

The Decameron
Il Decameron
Italy/France/W.Germany - 1970 - 111m - col
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Dynamite Man From Glory Jail
Fools' Parade
USA - 1971 - 98m - col
Columbia-Warner (AA)
D: Andrew V. McLaglen

Fortune and Men's Eyes
Canada/USA - 1971 - 102m - col
MGM-EMI (X)
D: Harvey Hart

Gisèle
L'etreinte
Belgium/France - 1968 - 106m - col
Cinecenta (X)
D: Paul Collet, Pierre Drouot
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with heavy cuts.

Impasse
USA - 1968 - 99m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Richard Benedict

The Love Pill
UK - 1971 - 82m - col
Target (X) (cut)
D: Kenneth Turner

Macbeth
[see: Tragedy of Macbeth, The]

Madame Bovary
[see: Play the Game or Leave the Bed]

Man in the Wilderness
USA - 1971 - 105m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: Richard C. Sarafian

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
USA - 1971 - 121m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Robert Altman

Midsummer Sex
Midsommardansen
Sweden - 1971 - 100m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Arne Stivell

More Dead Than Alive
USA - 1968 - 99m - col
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Robert Sparr

The Naked Countess
Die nackte Gräfin
W.Germany - 1971 - 85m - col
SF (X) (cut)
D: Kurt Nachmann

A New Leaf
USA - 1970 - 102m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Elaine May


The Omega Man
USA - 1971 - 98m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: Boris Sagal

One Hour to Doomsday
City Beneath the Sea
USA (TV) - 1970 - 93m - col
Columbia-Warner (U)
D: Irwin Allen

Play Misty for Me
USA - 1971 - 102m - col
Rank (X)
D: Clint Eastwood

Play the Game or Leave the Bed
Die nackte Bovary
(USA: The Sins of Madame Bovary)
W.Germany/Italy - 1969 - 91m - col / scope
SF (X)
D: Hans Schott-Schöbinger [as: John Scott]

Roller Derby
Derby
USA - 1970 - 93m - col
Cinerama (X)
D: Robert Kaylor

Secret Rites
UK - 1971 - 47m - col
Butcher's (X) (cut)
D: Derek Ford
Though the UK print ran a mere 47 minutes, it is believed that a longer hardcore version (93 mins, according to some sources) played in territories outside the UK, and the film is included here until the 'complete' running time can be ascertained one way or the other.

Sex of Angels
L sesso degli angeli
Italy/W.Germany - 1968 - 110m - col / scope
United Artists (X)
D: Ugo Liberatore

Skin to Skin
Von Haut zu Haut
W.Germany - 1969 - 73m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Hans Schott-Schöbinger [as: John Scott]

Soul to Soul
USA - 1971 - 96m - col
Cinerama (U)
D: Denis Sanders

The Tragedy of Macbeth
UK - 1971 - 140m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (AA)
D: Roman Polanski

The Trojan Women
USA - 1971 - 111m - col
Cinerama (U)
D: Mihalis Kakogiannis [as: Michael Cacoyannis]

Under Milk Wood
UK - 1971 - 88m - col
Rank (AA)
D: Andrew Sinclair

Venus im Peltz
[see: Venus in Furs]

Venus in Furs
Le malizie di Venere
(USA: Devil in the Flesh)
(aka: Fire in the Flesh)
(aka: Inside Laura Antonelli)
(aka: School Girl Temptations)
Italy/Switzerland/W.Germany - 1968 - 87m - col / scope
Cinecenta (X) (cut)
D: Massimo Dallamano [as: Max Dillman]
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts. Every subsequent home video version has been similarly censored.

Virgin Witch
UK - 1970 - 89m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Ray Austin
Initially rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Target, then passed with cuts. The uncut version was released on VHS by Intervision in 1983, but the complete film wasn't 'approved' by our censors until 1993.

The Voice of the Water
De stem van het water
Netherlands - 1966 - 82m - col / scope
Contemporary (U)
D: Bert Haanstra

The Wanton of Spain: La Celestina
La Celestina
Spain/W.Germany - 1969 - 127m - col
Gala (X)
D: Cesar Ardavin

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